NHS Ayrshire and Arran re-admission rate concern

West Scotland Conservative MSP Jamie Greene has expressed concern over new figures that show that the rate of early re-admissions for intensive care patients in NHS Ayrshire and Arran was above the national average.

The report by the Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICS) underlined that: ‘If patients are re-admitted to the unit within 48 hours after a previous discharge, it can be an indication that the first discharge was early.’